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Agri-Pulse Daybreak May 12: Biden, committee leaders plan more talks

05/12/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Biden and leaders of the House and Senate Ag leaders discussed the farm bill for more than an hour Thursday evening and agreed to meet again in the “not-too-distant future.” That’s the word from the top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman of Arkansas.

USDA ag promotion programs get spotlight at hearing

05/11/23 5:22 PM By Bill Tomson

When it comes to Title III of the farm bill, lawmakers need to prioritize strengthening USDA’s Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program, witnesses told lawmakers at a hearing hosted Thursday by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Daybreak May 11: Farm bill focus turns to White House meeting

05/11/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Spencer Chase, and Lydia Johnson

President Joe Biden is putting a focus on the farm bill today. The White House has called a meeting for late this afternoon or evening with the four leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees.

Daybreak May 10: House Ag moving precision ag bill

05/10/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Jacqui Fatka, and Steve Davies

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters he.“didn’t see any new movement" at a meeting with President Biden and congressional leaders, but Biden said they agreed to continue talking.

US strategizes while Mexico erects defenses on potential GM corn case

05/10/23 6:18 AM By Bill Tomson

The Biden administration is moving quietly to sharpen its strategy and build up its arguments as it takes internal steps towards a potential trade dispute with Mexico over its ban on genetically modified white corn, according to sources with knowledge of the developments.

Daybreak May 9: White House: Biden not budging on debt strategy

05/09/23 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Jacqui Fatka, and Noah Wicks

President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders today amid the looming crisis over the federal debt ceiling.

Daybreak May 8: Debt ceiling talks ahead this week

05/08/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, and Noah Wicks

The House and Senate are both in action this week, as the clock ticks toward the federal government hitting the debt ceiling as soon as June.

Daybreak May 5: Bishop: Leave ag research alone

05/05/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

Many farm groups are calling on Congress to mandate more funding for agricultural research, arguing that the U.S. is falling behind China and other countries. But a top House appropriator says that funding for research decisions should continue to be left to the discretion of the lawmakers who write the annual spending bills for USDA.

Daybreak May 4: Torres Small hearing set

05/04/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

The Senate Ag Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing next Wednesday for Xochitl Torres Small to be deputy ag secretary.

Daybreak May 1: Brazil soybean planting to increase again this year

05/01/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

Brazil is finishing up the harvest of a record-breaking crop this year, and USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is now predicting the country’s farmers will plant an even bigger one for the 2023-24 marketing year.

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November 24, 2024

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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